Title of the work in Latin
MEDULLA S. THOMAE AQUITATIS PER OMNES ANNI LITURGICI DIES DISTRBUITA, SEU MEDITATIONES EX OPERIBUS S. THOMAE DEPROMPTAE
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FR. Z. MÉZARD O. P.
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29. Wednesday after the IV Sunday of Lent: The Divine Friend
Wednesday after the IV Sunday of Lent
“Therefore his sisters sent to Him, saying, ‘Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.’” (John 11:3)
Here there are three things to consider:
a) The first is that the friends of God sometimes suffer in body. Thus, it is not a sign of a lack of friendship with God to suffer in body. Eliphaz was wrong to say to Job, “Remember: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where were the upright ever destroyed?” (Job 4:7), as demonstrated by the sisters of Lazarus: “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” We read in the book of Proverbs (3:12): “For whom the Lord loves, He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights.”
b) The second is that they do not say, “Lord, come, heal him,” but simply state his condition: “behold, he is sick.” This means that it suffices to express our needs to a friend, without adding any request; for a friend, just as he seeks his own good and fights against his personal evils, will fight against the evils of his friend. And this is especially true of one who truly loves. The psalm says (144:20): “The Lord preserves all who love Him.”
c) The third is that the two sisters, desiring the healing of their sick brother, do not come personally to Christ, as the paralytic and the centurion did; and this is because of their confidence in Jesus Christ, due to the special love and familiarity that He will show them. And perhaps they were held back by grief, as St. John Chrysostom said, in accordance with what is stated in Ecclesiasticus (6:11): “If your friend perseveres in firmness, he will be to you as an equal; he will deal at ease with those of your household.”
In John, XI
(P. D. Mézard, O. P., Meditationes ex Operibus S. Thomae.)
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